Festivals & Fan Cons
Content: High-Tech Ideas from the Future of StoryTelling Fest
The Future of StoryTelling Fest filled the expansive reaches of New York City’s Africa Center from Oct. 7-9 with “something between a tech exhibit and a film festival, an amusement park and an arcade.” At least that’s how FoST Fest founder Charles Melcher described the event. Virtual, augmented and mixed reality experiences, along with demos...
How HP Turned Demos into Journeys at Panorama
HP’s sponsorship of the first-ever Panorama Festival on Randall’s Island Park in New York City this summer was an integrated product wonderland. Panorama was designed to link technology with creative industries like music and art.
Tsingtao Food Truck Fest Taps Into L.A. Street Food Culture
Tsingtao, the No. 2 beer in China, has been imported by the U.S. since the ’70s, but until Pabst Brewing Co. secured exclusive U.S. distribution rights in the spring of 2015, the brand wasn’t on the radar for most American beer drinkers. Following the deal, Pabst has concentrated its efforts on bringing Tsingtao to the...
Proprietary Event Strategies: CLIF Bar’s ‘Crazy’ Obstacle Course
CLIF Bar describes the CLIF Bar CykelScramble bicycle relay race as “four people, one bike, a half-mile crazy obstacle course and a festival,” and that pretty much sums it up. The proprietary CLIF Bar event (pronounced “seek-kel scramble”), took place on Sept. 24, for the second year in a row at Marin County Fairgrounds, 20...